3.25.2008

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men in white tank shirts trading swigs, showing it to toddler
water shots
rainbows
canoing camera is in boat
small girl with very blond hair holds her large Christmas present, looking at it with the eyes of the uninitiated, trying to comprehend the meaning of giving and possession
a old man, gaunt, in a suit walk by with a suitcase, he is drinking from bottle, girl in chair touches the top of the suitcase, making the clasp come unlatch, popping the whole suitcase open, reveals cans of beer in side. They look at the camera and laugh
A line of children, boys smallest to biggest, one by one, camera pans as they each hold up a sock. Last in line is a girl, considerable older, she hesitates, smiling shyly, only holds her sock up half as high. Not in a way that denotes her superiority, but just shows her insecurity, her loss of the carefree shown in her brothers.